Montana: Embattled Judge Will Retire

By The Associated Press

Jan. 7, 2014

District Judge G. Todd Baugh, 72, who drew condemnation for saying a 14-year-old rape victim appeared “older than her chronological age,” said he planned to retire at the end of the year. He said his decision was unrelated to the uproar over his actions in the case of Stacey Rambold, a former teacher convicted of raping a freshman at Billings Senior High School. He has apologized for his remarks in the case, and tried unsuccessfully to resentence Mr. Rambold after prosecutors said the short prison term given to him violated state law. The teenage victim killed herself in 2010 before the trial. Judge Baugh sentenced Mr. Rambold to 15 years in prison with all but one month suspended.

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